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Mozilla has its hand in the cookie jar, and wants to share the contents. The developer of the open source Firefox browser released Lightbeam for Firefox, an add-on that lets you track tracking cookies.

After a period of review, Firefox decided to go ahead with plans to block third-party cookies for its new version of the web browser. The non-profit organization, Mozilla, will work with Aleecia McDonald of the Center for Internet and Society and the Cookie Clearinghouse (CCH) to manage blocked and allowed cookies.

SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- PrivacyChoice.org, a leading independent provider of consumer privacy tools, has announced support for the new tracking controls in Internet Explorer 9.

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Anonymizer, Inc., www.anonymizer.com, the leader in consumer online anonymity solutions, announced today that it has developed Anonymizer Nevercookie, a free Firefox plugin that protects against the Evercookie API.

Word of the Day

pawl

A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.